This sounds vain but I'm going to ask anyway. My daughter is almost 8 months old and she has very fine hair. I always dress her in obvious "girl" clothes but she is still constantly mistaken for a boy. (My son was always mistaken for a girl, he had long, thick hair!) She has enough hair to stick up on top like a little faux hawk, but it's too thin to hold a clip or a bow. I even tried those tiny little rubber bands, but they fell right out. My mom used to tape a bow to my head with scotch tape! I refuse to pierce her ears, so what can I do to make her look more like a girl?
Thanks for the tips, I'm going to get some of those crochet headbands, those seem like the would be comfortable for her to wear. I sort of expected this problem before she was born, and I made sure all her clothes were obvious "girl colors" and I never dress her in blue. When my son was an infant, his hair grew so fast I had to cut it once a month or he'd have a little mullet, and if I dressed him in yellow or green people would always say "she's beautiful!" But even when my daughter is in dresses or pink & purple clothes, people will still say "what a handsome little guy!" I don't even bother to correct them anymore, I'll just say thanks and move along, but my son (now 3 years old) will get upset and correct them.
My SIL got a bib that she puts on my niece that says, "I am NOT a boy!" and she still gets called a HE! I don't think you can do much else. Head bands leave a mark on their heads (at least the ones I have put on my daughter do) or the baby just tries to grab them off.
L.
Cute hats and headbands ! My daughter was nearly bald till she was 2, nothing to hold a clip or ruberband - but I bought a bunch of these "crocheted" headbands and hats and then bought all the barretts and clips and bows and instead of clipping them to her hair, clipped them to the hat or headband. Then, later they can be re-used on hair, too, so not such a waste to buy them as the all in one tiny baby headbands(which seem to be too tight,and uncomfortable, too), since they are detachable. Really you would only need maybe a white and a black headband, and then accessorize it with the clips in every color.
Here are some examples - they have the plain headbands and hats and clips sold separately at Michael's and Hobby Lobby Craft stores, they are very soft and stretchy, and fit my daughter from 3 to 4 months till now, and she is 4 yr. old now with LOTS of fluffy curly hair. Or you can order some from online like these:
http://youruniquebowtique.com/headbands.html
Really inexpensive on eBay:
http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=crochet+baby+headbands
I got all kinds of comments and compliments on how my little girly girl was after that - even though before the flower and bow headbands people would call her a boy even in all pink clothes.
Jess
Both my daughters were mistaken for boys because they were "stout" babies with round cheeks and fine hair. Didn't matter what I had them in. I just politely correct people. Hair "dos" seem very uncomfortable to babies...especially headbands that leave marks on their heads. I don't think vanity is worth it to make your babe uncomfortable...SHE doesn't care what people think, and isn't that a great attitude? :)
(Just a funny...my neighbor insists on growing her boys hair out because their daddy has long hair...when he was a baby, he had this beautiful long wavy blonde hair, and she used to put barrettes in it to keep it out of his face...and then got really mad when people said, "Oh, what a pretty girl!" Well, duh, right?)
I know it kind've sucks...but if I were you (and I am...I have a 14 month old girl right now that's such a "cute little boy") I'd just let it go and let your baby be comfortable. Before you know it, it'll be long enough and thick enough to really have fun with. I get a huge kick out of my six year olds hair! :)
Unfortunately, many people just don't pay attention to whether a baby is a boy or girl. I wouldn't be concerned. Accept their compliments about your cute "boy" and let it go. You know she's a girl.
I am going to say it isn't going to matter...My niece had hair like your daughter, wearing a pink dress with pierced ears and her parents still were asked about their "son". Some people are just that dense. I did have an aunt that used vaseline to hold bows on her daughters head. Good luck.
We used headbands. Pretty little elastic lace bands with a bow on them.
Our daughter Rachel didn't have enough hair for a small pony tail until she was almost three, while her twin sister had lighter hair that was long enough for a barrette or even a small pony tail before Rach's look liked it was even there. Really, we found that it wasn't hair style so much as making sure she was dressed on the "girly" side of things. We didn't have tons of pink, but there was often lace or flowers. Once the weather was appropriate, hats, coats, shoes and socks were also decidedly feminine. By the time she was in elementary school, it was easy for Rachel and the rest of us to forget that she had ever been relatively bald. :) When people asked us about our "son," I'd just smile and say that *Rachel* hadn't yet grown a full head of hair, so we're being patient there. (when I emphasized "Rachel," one could see that she was a SHE - this made us especially glad that her name was decidedly feminine!)
Head bands maybe? My first daughter had this issue, and I never liked those big giant headbands so we didn't use them, but she's a baby, who cares if people know if she's a girl? I just left her alone- although, she did have her ears pierced at four months old (but even that didn't help).
You can try fabric headbands, the wide ones that look like netting. But as you know, there will always be someone...my DD has big brown eyes, long eyelashes, curls and if I put her in blue when she was younger, she was often called a boy. Friend had someone accost her in WalMart for dressing her "boy" in purple. For a long time my DD refused headbands but as soon as I could get a hair binder in that hair I did, and clipped the barrette to the binder.
I have to laugh. My mom got my ears pierced because some old man kept calling me a boy, even if I was in a frilly (but blue) dress.
A stay at home mom friend of mine has a bow/hair accessories company. Her 10 month old niece has very fine hair and the gripper bows she makes do not budge. Check her out on Facebook...Jaymi's Bowtique.
Wait a year and confusion should subside. :)
head bands with bows.
I had a child with the same problem, I did not like the idea of tape on her head so to attach a little bow I used honey or syrup. Worked like a charm and easy to get out.
KY to hold the bows in.You could add some jewerly such as a bracelet,dress her in girl clothes.You can ignore those who think she is a boy she will soon grow hair & look more like a girl,she is a baby afterall...
